Cathays Liberal Democrat councillors are delighted by plans to end the parking problems around Maindy Road, by increasing the amount of residents' parking.

Local councillors met with council officers last night to discuss the shortage of parking spaces on Maindy Road, Gelligaer Gardens, Gelligaer Street and Rhigos Garden, which has got significantly worse since the new Cambrian Point halls of residence opened behind Maindy Road.

Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference has passed a motion calling on the Government, in both the Assembly and Westminster, to take steps to preserve local post offices. The motion, tabled by Cardiff Liberal Democrats was passed unanimously.

"Local Post Offices are facing some stark financial choices" said Cardiff West Liberal Democrat campaigner Alison Goldsworthy. "The Labour Welsh Assembly Government has offered some limited assistance to Welsh Post Offices but it doesn't go far enough, and offers small crumb of comfort to those punished by the policies of the Labour Westminster Government. In my own area of Cardiff West, more than 25% of post offices have closed since 2002."

Despite forcing the South Wales Police Authority to spend over £434,000 preparing for the controversial merger of the Welsh Police Force, the Labour Government has only offered to reimburse the Police Authority for a small percentage of the costs.

When Cathays Councillor Joseph Carter asked the representative of the South Wales Police Authority who was going to foot the massive bill for the abandoned merger plans, he was told that the Government would only pay for some of the costs.